US Congress
Senator Lugar: Washington must pressure Russia on Moldova
February 08, 2011The United States should step up efforts to assist the pro-Western government in Moldova by pressuring Russia to resolve a separatist movement in the former Soviet state, according to a Senate report released Monday. Senator Richard Lugar, the highest...
Republican majority taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives
January 05, 2011By Michael Bowman /Washington, DC / Voice of America/ -- A new U.S. Congress has convened in Washington. Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and Democrats have a reduced majority in the Senate, giving the United States a divided legislature...
U.S. November elections: Republicans are increasingly confident in retaking control of the Congress
May 26, 2010By Jim Malone Republicans expect gains in US November election In U.S. politics, opposition Republicans remain confident as they look ahead to November's midterm congressional elections, expecting that they will gain seats at the expense of Democrats...
Gates reluctantly accepts early end to US military gay ban
May 26, 2010By Al Pessin U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is reluctantly accepting a move in Congress to immediately repeal the ban on open homosexuals serving in the U.S. military -- a move that could come this week. Secretary Gates has endorsed the idea of...
Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee condemns North Korea for ship sinking
May 25, 2010Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement after a commission of investigators unanimously concluded last week that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean...
U.S. Congress one step closer to adopt crippling sanctions on Iran
April 22, 2010Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the appointment of House members to the conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of Iran sanctions legislation. ...
Obama likely to be main issue in November midterm elections
April 21, 2010By Jim Malone Political experts say 2010 could be a difficult year for President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party allies in Congress. Most analysts predict that Republicans will make gains in this year's midterm congressional elections. And they...
US Congressman Howard Berman condemns Armenian genocide denial
April 15, 2010Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, this week sent a strongly-worded letter to his House colleagues rejecting what he called a “morally-blind” argument denying the indisputable historical evidence...
US Senate resolution on death of Polish president Lech Kaczynski
April 13, 2010Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today cosponsored a Senate resolution expressing sympathy to the people of Poland over the death of president, Lech Kaczynski, and 96 others who were killed in a plane crash. Senators Durbin...
U.S. Congress' commission on Moscow metro bombings
March 30, 2010U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) issued the following statement regarding this morning's explosions on...